Boku and Microsoft have delivered carrier billing in Canada, the U.K., Italy, Russia and other markets.

Mobile payments, online transactions and electronic billing are all on the rise, according to new analysis from the Federal Reserve.

The ability to use balances toward Apple Pay payments will be attractive for retailers, writes NewStore founder and CEO Stephan Schambach.

Consumers using the Alipay app will be able to find nearby merchants that accept the popular Chinese mobile wallet, and receive coupons for local deals.

The FTC likes facial recognition, but consumers may not be comfortable with using the technology to secure mobile payments.

Transaction laundering is gaining steam, and since it uses familiar payment technology, it can be easier to use than virtual currency, writes Ron Teicher of EverCompliant.

Military and intelligence agencies around the world have grappled with data breach challenges for years, and have relied on Secure KM (Keyboard/Mouse) switches to manage the risk.

Apple and Australia's largest banks have been battling for more than a year over mobile payments access.

Retailers are worried about the online giant’s move into bricks-and-mortar retailing. For example, Amazon's $13.7 billion acquisition of Whole Foods Market Inc. wiped $17 billion off the value of Walmart.

U.S. private equity firm Hellman & Friedman LLC is among the companies to have shown interest in Nets, which is working with a financial adviser to review options after getting inbound interest.

Apple's plans to display a bright blue bar on iPhone screens when an application is monitoring the user's location may feel like a threat to location-based marketing. More likely, it is an overdue wake-up call for banks to improve their communication about the benefits of location data.

Led by Starbucks and Apple's mobile payment apps, there's a boom underway and retailers need to act fast to avoid being left behind.

Wearables are a clear evolution of the mobile wallet, but companies are still experimenting with use cases. Here are a few of the latest concepts.

Mobile commerce must support larger and more complex shopping categories to take the next step, and some companies are looking to enable this through alternative financing.

The iPhone is 10 years old. Here’s a look at some of the ways the Apple product and the boom in smartphones overall have shaped banking in the U.S. over the past decade.

More consumers will soon be able to withdraw cash at ATMs by using their mobile phones as a remote control via Cardtronics, which has decided to extend FIS Cardless Cash to all of its U.S. ATMs over the next two years.

The Token ring's approach is reminiscent of Amazon's Echo devices, which are bland monolithic speakers that can be loaded with "skills" to enable them to place calls, make purchases, activate light switches and tell jokes.

More e-commerce and multi-channel merchants are accepting payments from mobile devices, even though they haven't addressed all of the security gaps inherent to the technology.

Apple's plans to display a bright blue bar on iPhone screens when an application is monitoring the user's location may feel like a threat to location-based marketing. More likely, it is an overdue wake-up call for retailers and banks to improve their communication about the benefits of location data.

International cross-border transaction enabler TransferTo has partnered with the e-commerce platform MallforAfrica enabling nearly 300 million African consumers with mobile money accounts to shop abroad.